Do not work yourself out. It is no use; always remember – “Duty is the midday sun whose fierce rays are burning the very vitals of humanity.” It is necessary for a time as a discipline; beyond that, it is a morbid dream. Things go on all right whether we lend them our helping hands or not. We in delusion only break ourselves.
(p.417, CW.Vol.6, Swamiji’s letter to Margot (Nivedita) on 25 August, 1898.)